A Dictionary of the English Language: In which the Words are Deduced from Their Originals, and Illustrated in Their Different Significations, by Examples from the Best Writers, to which are Prefixed a History of the Language, and an English Grammar, Volume 3 |
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Boyle on Colours . from the Saxon lade , which signifies a purging LACTE'SCENT . adj . [ lactescens , Lat . ) Pro- or discharging ; there being a discharge of the ducing milk , or a white juice . waters into the sea , or into some ...
Boyle on Colours . from the Saxon lade , which signifies a purging LACTE'SCENT . adj . [ lactescens , Lat . ) Pro- or discharging ; there being a discharge of the ducing milk , or a white juice . waters into the sea , or into some ...
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Swift . Fly where the man is found that I love best . LA'DLE . 1. s . ( hlędle , Saxon , from Gay . hladan ; leaugh , Erse . ) This lady - fv I take from off the grass , Whose spotted back might scarlet red surpass . 1.
Swift . Fly where the man is found that I love best . LA'DLE . 1. s . ( hlędle , Saxon , from Gay . hladan ; leaugh , Erse . ) This lady - fv I take from off the grass , Whose spotted back might scarlet red surpass . 1.
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[ lamb , Gothick and Saxon . ] Prior . 1. The young of a sheep . 2. To stay behind ; not to come in . I'm young ; but something Behind her far away a dwarf did lag . You may deserve of him through me , and wise Fairy Queen . dom ...
[ lamb , Gothick and Saxon . ] Prior . 1. The young of a sheep . 2. To stay behind ; not to come in . I'm young ; but something Behind her far away a dwarf did lag . You may deserve of him through me , and wise Fairy Queen . dom ...
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( blond , Saxon . ] As J. A country ; a region distinct from Probably land - damn was a coarse expression other countries . in the cant strain , formerly in common use , but The rations of Scythia , like a mountain food , since laid ...
( blond , Saxon . ] As J. A country ; a region distinct from Probably land - damn was a coarse expression other countries . in the cant strain , formerly in common use , but The rations of Scythia , like a mountain food , since laid ...
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( labence , Saxon ; lerk , Da2. Wanton ; soft ; luxurious . Grim visag'd war hath smooth'd his wrinkl'd nish ; lavrack , Scottish . ] A small singfront ; ing bird . And now , instead of mounting barbed steeds , It was the lark ...
( labence , Saxon ; lerk , Da2. Wanton ; soft ; luxurious . Grim visag'd war hath smooth'd his wrinkl'd nish ; lavrack , Scottish . ] A small singfront ; ing bird . And now , instead of mounting barbed steeds , It was the lark ...
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| Title | A Dictionary of the English Language: In which the Words are Deduced from Their Originals, and Illustrated in Their Different Significations, by Examples from the Best Writers, to which are Prefixed a History of the Language, and an English Grammar, Volume 3 A Dictionary of the English Language: In which the Words are Deduced from Their Originals, and Illustrated in Their Different Significations, by Examples from the Best Writers, to which are Prefixed a History of the Language, and an English Grammar, Samuel Johnson |
| Author | Samuel Johnson |
| Edition | 9 |
| Publisher | Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1805 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 7 Sep 2006 |
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